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Rudolf Haggenmüller, born in 1950, studied mathematics at the universities of Munich and Zurich.

From 1974 to 1984 he was a lecturer (Privatdozent) at the Institute of Mathematics of the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. In 1995, Rudolf Haggenmueller was appointed Professor for Informatics and Mathematics.

From 1984 to 1994 Rudolf Haggenmüller worked at Siemens, mainly in the area of Software Engineering. Among other things, he was appointed Director of the “European Methodology and Systems Centre”, a joint laboratory of Bull, Olivetti and Siemens.

In 1994, he became managing director of FAST, the “Research Institute for Applied Software Technology”. It was founded on the initiative of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Board of the Bavarian Government.

In 2000, FAST's status changed and Rudolf Haggenmüller became Managing Director of FAST GmbH, with. Bayerische Landesbank and the BMW Group as joint owners of the company.

Today, the Munich based company provides IT services which include eBusiness, Consulting and Knowledge Management for Media Design and Software Engineering. Fast GmbH has about 80 employees from all over the world and combines long years of professional experience with current scientific knowledge.

Since 14 October 2005 Rudolf Haggenmüller is Chairman of the ITEA.

• Executive Managing Director FAST GmbH

• Executive Managing Director Software Forum Bayern e.V.

• President Global Partners Bayern e.V

• Vice President Innovative Community Unterschleissheim , Bavaria

• Advisory Board (Kuratorium) University Augsburg , Bavaria

• Member of Advisory Board Sophia EuroLab, Sophia Antipolis , France

• Member of Advisory Board Software Campus , GATE, Garching , Bavaria

• Member Advisory Board Development Gateway Foundation , Washington , USA

• Secretary General Innovation Champions Network, Munich, Cambridge, Montreal, Sophia Antipolis, Tel Aviv